Dennis Prentice

Experience

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  RIT Tech Crew

  Sept 2005 - Nov 2010

  Senior Supervisor

  • Oversee a crew of 60 students reporting to a full time staff member• Direct the setup of sound and lighting for concerts and other events at RIT• Train employees regularly on advanced sound and lighting techniques• Work in shop to fabricate and fix equipment as needed

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  IMR Test Labs

  May 2008 - Sept 2008

  Engineering Co-op

  As an engineering intern in the non metallics department, I was responsible for much of the mechanical testing within the department, and aided in failure analyses.

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  SEPAC, Inc.

  Dec 2010 - Dec 2012

  Sales Engineer

  • Worked as a liaison between the Engineering Dept., Sales, and customers• Compiled all customer specifications into a design suite for Engineers• Compiled costing and estimates for customers• Established and managed relationships with customers• Completed the design work for several projects

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  IMR Test Labs

  Mar 2013 - Sept 2023

  • Oversee several direct reports within the Nonmetallics Department• Quote and develop project proposals for customers in conjunction with the sales dept.• Help in developing sales plan, and tracking sales metrics• Technical Report writing and review• Conduct engineering review upon project completion• Data analysis• Oversee audit prep, including procedure writing, sample preparation, etc. • Oversee several direct reports within both the Fatigue and Nonmettallic Mechanical departments• Quote and develop project proposals for customers in conjunction with the sales dept.• Experiment design for several research and development customers• Thermo-Mechanical testing (TMA), Dynamic Mechanical Testing (DMA), & analysis• Report writing and review• Engineering reviews post project• Data analysis • Oversee and conduct composite and polymer testing in the Nonmetallics-Mechanical dept.• Oversee and conduct fatigue testing projects.• Conduct some environmental testing in the ESS Dept. • Conduct engineering reviews of projects prior to testing and following testing.• Write and review test and analysis reports.• Aid in litigation work and failure analyses.

  • Consulting Engineer

    Apr 2022 - Sept 2023

  • Manager, Nonmetallics Department

    Feb 2019 - Apr 2022

  • Lead Engineering Supervisor

    Nov 2014 - Feb 2019

  • Lead Mechanical Engineer

    Mar 2013 - Nov 2014
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  His Tabernacle Family Church

  Apr 2022 - Sept 2023

  Associate Pastor
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  HIS TABERNACLE FAMILY CHURCH INC

  Aug 2023 - now

  Campus Pastor